Strange Country Ep. 48: Spirit Photography

from Strange Country · host Beth and Kelly

Spiritualism meets photography in episode 48 of Strange Country. William Mumler found a way to connect people with their loved ones by staging live/dead photoshoots. Some skeptics cried fraud while others lined up for the spirit camera. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands. Cite Your Sources Man… Manseau, Peter. The Aparitionists. Fabrizio, Doug. Interview with Peter Manseau. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/man-who-captured-lincolns-ghost https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-mr-mumler-man-who-captured-lincolns-ghost-camera-180965090/ Garber, Megan . When Cameras Took Pictures of Ghosts, The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/when-cameras-took-pictures-of-ghosts/281010/

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